Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Personal Information
Hobbies and Interests
Certification
Timeline

Angus Cameron

Chessington

Summary

Versatile professional experienced in overseeing and coordinating organizational operations across multiple departments. Well-versed in process optimization, performance management, and team coordination. Adept at developing and implementing strategies to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and increase profitability. A motivated, collaborative leader with excellent problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills. Experience in driving sales growth, building client relationships, and developing innovative business strategies. Proven track record of success in increasing revenue and growing customer loyalty. Skilled in market analysis, product positioning, and marketing tactics to identify new business opportunities. Adept at leveraging business relationships and technology to improve customer experience.

Overview

32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Business Development Manager, Consultant, Sales

Self Employed
08.2021 - Current
  • Continued working For J&J as a free lance consultant
  • Working as Freelance consultant for various startup organisations, as a business development and project manager
  • Coordinated with internal departments as well as external vendors to ensure successful completion of tasks.
  • Managed portfolio of projects to drive on-time deliverables within scope and budget.
  • Developed and implemented strategies to increase sales and market share.
  • Identified potential clients, built relationships, and negotiated contracts.
  • Created presentations to attract new business opportunities.
  • Maintained a database of existing customers and prospective leads.
  • Drafted proposals for prospects in response to their requests for information.
  • Attended trade shows and conferences to network with potential clients.
  • Organized meetings between senior management and prospective customers.
  • Provided training to sales staff on effective communication techniques when dealing with clients.
  • Prepared reports on sales performance metrics such as revenue growth rate, conversion rates and lead-to-customer ratios.
  • Developed strategic partnerships with vendors and suppliers to ensure cost efficiency.
  • Maintained open and ongoing communication with clients to meet needs and expectations.
  • Established new customer accounts using negotiation and sales closing abilities.
  • Collaborated with senior leadership on strategic planning initiatives related to future projects.
  • Facilitated meetings between stakeholders to discuss project requirements, objectives or outcomes.
  • Generated weekly, monthly, quarterly reports summarizing key performance indicators.

SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR / PROJECT MANAGER / IT MANAGER

J & J Transport
Harare
01.2015 - 11.2021
  • J&J Transport are in the process of developing an in house Freight
  • Management System
  • I am the project manager and administrator
  • My Duties include:- Liaising with the development team based in
  • India
  • Testing and finalizing all programs and modules
  • Migrating old systems data to the new system
  • Client Requirements
  • Assessment
  • Client Relationships
  • Executive Support
  • Problem-Solving
  • Processes and procedures
  • MS Office
  • Enterprise Network Hardware /
  • Software
  • Project Implementation
  • Integrity and Honesty
  • Oracle BPM
  • Kissflow
  • Jira

SKYDIVING FREEFALL PHOTOGRAPHER AND INSTRUCTOR

Go Skydive
Old Sarum, Salisbury
01.2014 - 12.2014
  • Since January 2014 I have been working as a camera man filming and photographing Tandem Skydive descents
  • Go Skydive is the largest Tandem centre in the United Kingdom
  • My Job includes interviewing students, performing safety checks for students and instructors
  • Assisting with marketing and sales
  • Training students and preparing them for their initial parachute descents.

GROUP IT MANAGER

Cargo Management Services
Harare
01.2012 - 10.2013
  • I was employed by Cargo Management Services as Group IT manager
  • Cargo management Services is management/holding company for 18 other companies, such as Green Fuel, Mwenezi Crocodiles, Turbo
  • Mining and Nuenetsi Ranch
  • There are also some smaller hospitality companies and farming concerns
  • This was a very hands on management role, as I was the only IT person in the group of companies
  • My duties included looking after all aspects of IT throughout the group of companies
  • I looked after all support for all the users
  • Some companies there were as few as 5 users, one had as many as 400 users
  • For day to day trouble shooting, I would use tools such as team viewer and remote desktop connections to resolve the basic issues, mainly due to the fact that most users were based on sites out of town, 26 sites in total
  • I was responsible for setting up and installation of some of the various sites and LANs
  • For some issues, I would utilize the skills of various local experts and companies

CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

Trifour Systems
Harare
12.2007 - 04.2012
  • The various systems I supported were as follows:- Apple Mac OSX
  • Apple Mac servers (x-serve), Windows Server's Microsoft
  • Linux, Cyber Roam, Belina Payroll
  • And various other packages
  • As well as various SQL Database systems.
  • Trifour is a software house offering Patient Administration systems to Hospitals and clinics, including patient record tracking, billing
  • Pharmacy sock control and dispensing, retail pharmacy
  • HIV/Aids and Chronic disease Management
  • Targeted Hospitals and Clinics include both government and private
  • With its head office in Pretoria
  • My duties included :- Heading up the sales team, Project
  • Management and implementation of projects into the hospitals, such as Pariyanyatwa and Avenues Clinic
  • Ensuring All Tenders were attended to and submitted in on time
  • Monitoring support and training Monitoring Staff Training and conducting Staff Training
  • Communicating with clients at senior management/Director level and Ministerial Level in the case of certain government institutions
  • Product Launches and company demonstrations
  • Budgeting and financial planning for Trifour Zimbabwe Monitoring
  • Day to Day accounts and Debt collection
  • Reporting to the Managing Director and Shareholders based in
  • Pretoria Key Achievements:
  • Taking over the Zimbabwe branch in a loss situation and turning the office into a self sufficient entity during a time of serious inflation, sometimes set at nearly 1 Billion percent
  • As well as ensuring the office was profitable during a worldwide recession
  • Closing Key Tenders, such as the Pariyanyatwa Group of Hospitals, 3rd Largest Teaching Hospital in Africa
  • Value of deal approximately US$750 000
  • Closing the sales of several other Clinics and Hospitals, including some mining hospitals and a major sugar estate hospital, Total estimated value $1 000 000
  • Setting up distributors/re-sellers in Ghana and Kenya
  • Setting up and closing the sales of several hospitals in Tanzania
  • Malawi and Kenya
  • Approximate value of Sales US$1 000 000
  • Setting up Service Level agreements with our clients and ensuring that both Trifour and the clients adhere to the SLA's

SERVICE DELIVERY AND WORKSHOP MANAGER

Realtime Computers
Harare
11.2004 - 11.2005
  • On my return to Zimbabwe, I was employed by Realtime computer as a Service delivery manager for the Engineering Division known as
  • ASC services
  • My duties included :- Heading up the ASC sales team, and setting up targets, and ensuring these targets were achieved
  • Project Management and implementation of small to large
  • Corporate Local Area Networks as well as Wide Area Networks
  • Project Management and Implementation of various CRM software applications for various different clients
  • Monitoring the Workshops Monitoring support and training to ensure that engineers were suitably qualified to work on Jobs that they were allocated
  • Monitoring Staff Training and conducting Staff Training
  • Communicating with clients at senior management/Director level
  • Product Launches and company demonstrations
  • Budgeting and financial planning for ASC service's Monitoring Stock levels etc
  • Monitoring Day to Day accounts and Debt collection
  • Managing the Warranty process for HP and DELL, Managing the logistics department, Reporting to the Managing Director and
  • Shareholders Producing daily, weekly and monthly management reports showing achievements, productivity, profits and losses etc.

EMEA Sales Manager

Crucible Group S.A
Nyon, Switzerland
11.2001 - 10.2004

Account Manager

Bond International Software
Goring, West Sussex
10.2000 - 10.2001

Managing Director

Rocksprings Investments Pvt Ltd
Harare
08.1998 - 07.2000

Systems Developer/Training Manager

Alpha Systems
Harare
10.1996 - 06.1999

Systems Developer

CF Tulley Associates
Harare
03.1992 - 04.1994

Education

Certification in Systems Development -

Oracle Certified Professional
01.1995

Diploma in Computer Information Systems -

COBOL Development, CF Tulley
01.1994

O-Levels GCSE -

Speciss College
01.1993

Skills

  • Business Analysis
  • Business Development
  • General Management
  • Organizational Development
  • Process Improvement
  • Proposal Writing
  • Data Gathering
  • Sales
  • Sales Strategy
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Change Management
  • Best Practices Implementation
  • Staff Management
  • Project Management
  • Salesforce
  • Microsoft
  • Oracle
  • Jira

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 10/15/1976
  • Nationality: British

Hobbies and Interests

  • Skydiving (instructor)
  • Chairman of Zimbabwe Parachute Association
  • Bridge
  • Social Cricket

Certification

  • Oracle Certified Professional
  • Chief Safety Officer and Chief Instructor Zimbabwe Parachute Association
  • Clean Drivers Licence

Timeline

Business Development Manager, Consultant, Sales - Self Employed
08.2021 - Current
SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR / PROJECT MANAGER / IT MANAGER - J & J Transport
01.2015 - 11.2021
SKYDIVING FREEFALL PHOTOGRAPHER AND INSTRUCTOR - Go Skydive
01.2014 - 12.2014
GROUP IT MANAGER - Cargo Management Services
01.2012 - 10.2013
CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER - Trifour Systems
12.2007 - 04.2012
SERVICE DELIVERY AND WORKSHOP MANAGER - Realtime Computers
11.2004 - 11.2005
EMEA Sales Manager - Crucible Group S.A
11.2001 - 10.2004
Account Manager - Bond International Software
10.2000 - 10.2001
Managing Director - Rocksprings Investments Pvt Ltd
08.1998 - 07.2000
Systems Developer/Training Manager - Alpha Systems
10.1996 - 06.1999
Systems Developer - CF Tulley Associates
03.1992 - 04.1994
Oracle Certified Professional - Certification in Systems Development,
COBOL Development, CF Tulley - Diploma in Computer Information Systems,
Speciss College - O-Levels GCSE,

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